SUPPLEMENT 



TO THE 



Ohio School Laws 



CONSISTING OF THE 



Amendments Enacted by the 
77th General Assembly. 



Issued by the State Commissioner 
OF Schools, July 15, 1908. 



Columbus, Ohio: 

F. J. Heer, State Printer. 

1908. 



SUPPLEMENT 



TO THE 



Ohio School Laws 



CONSISTING OF THE 



Amendments Enacted by the 
77th General Assembly.. 



IssuED BY THE State Commissioner;- 
OF Schools, July 15, 1908. 



Columbus, Ohio : 

F. J. Heer, State Printer. 

1908. 



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OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 



(House Bill No. L279) 

AN ACT 

To amend section ■2834b of the Revised Statutes relating to restrictions as to con- 
tracts, agreements, obligations, appropriations and expenditures. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 2834b of the Revised Statutes be amended 
so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 2834b. The commissioners of any county, the trustees of any 
township and the board of education of any school district, shall enter 
into no contract, agreement or obligation involving the expenditure of 
money, nor shall any resolution or order for the appropriation or ex- 
penditure of money be passed by any board of county commissioners, 
township trustees or board of education, unless the auditor or the clerk 
thereof shall first certify that the money required for the payment of 
such obligation or appropriation is in the treasury to the credit of the 
fund from which it is to be drawn, or has been levied and placed on the 
duplicate, and in process of collection and not appropriated for any 
other purpose ; which certificate shall be filed and immediately recorded, 
and the sums so certified shall not thereafter be considered unappro- 
priated until the county, township or board of education, is fully dis- 
charged from the contract, agreement or obligation, or so long as the 
order or resolution is in force, and all contracts, agreements or obli- 
gations, and all orders or resolutions entered into or passed contrary 
to the provisions of this section, shall be void. Provided, that none of 
the provisions of this section shall apply to the contracts authorized to 
be made by other provisions of law for the employment of teachers, 
officers, and other school employes of boards of education. 

Section 2. That said section 2834b of the Revised Statutes be 
and the same is hereby repealed, and that all acts and parts of acts 
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed as to such inconsistencv but 
not otherwise. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 9, 1908. 

Approved May 9. 1908. 

• Andrew L. Harris, Goz'crnor. 



4 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

(Senate Bill No. 591) 
AN ACT 

To amend and supplement section 3726 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, relating 
to the conferring of degrees by colleges and universities. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 3726 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be 
amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 3726. The trustees of a college, university, or other institu- 
tion of learning incorporated for the purpose of promoting education, 
religion, morality, or the fine arts, which has acquired real or personal 
property of the value of twenty-five thousand dollars, and which has 
filed in the office of the secretary of state a schedule of the kind and 
value of such property, verified by the oaths of the trustees, may appoint 
a president, professors, and tutors, and any other necessary agents and 
officers, and fix the compensation of each, and may enact such by-laws 
not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States, for the 
government of the institution, and for conducting the affairs of the 
corporation, as they, may deem necessary ; and may, on the recommenda- 
tion of the faculty, confer all such degrees and honors as are conferred 
by colleges and universities of the United States, and such others having 
reference to the course of study, and the accomplishments of the student, 
as they may deem proper. 

Provided, that no college or university shall confer any degree until 
the president or board of trustees of such college or university shall 
have filed with the secretary of state a certificate issued by the state 
commissioner of common schools that the course of study of such insti- 
tution of learning has been filed in his office, and that the equipment as 
to faculty and other facilities for carrying out the said course of study 
are proportioned to the property of such institution and the number of 
students in actual attendance so as to warrant the issuing of degrees 
by the trustees of said institution. Provided, further, that any char- 
tered institution of learning failing to file with the secretary of state on 
or before June ist, 1908, the certificate herein provided for shall forfeit 
its charter and the same shall be revoked by the said secretary of state. 

Section 2. That said section 3726 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio 
be and the same is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May i, 1908. 

Approved May i, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



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(House Bill No. 938) 

AN ACT 

To amend section 3893 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the annexation of ter- 
ritory to municipalities affecting school districts. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 3893 of the Revised Statutes, relating to 
the annexation of territory to municipahties affecting school districts 
be amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 3893. Whenever territory is annexed to -.i city or village, 
such territory thereby becomes a part of the city or village school dis- 
trict and the legal title to all school property in said territory shall re- 
main vested in the board of education of the school district from which 
said territory was detached for all school purposes, until such a time as 
may be agreeable between the several boards of educ-ation, when such 
property may be transferred by warranty deed, or in case of disagree- 
ment between said boards of education, like proceedings shall be had as 
in section 3896 of the Revised Statutes. Provided, further, that where 
territory located within the corporate limits of a village is attached for 
school purposes to a district other than the village school district, and 
the boards of education of the districts are unable to agree as to the 
transfer of such territory, the board of education of the village school 
district may file a petition in the Probate Court asking for the transfer 
of the territory within the corporate limits of the village, and the 
Probate Court shall have the same jurisdiction as is provided by section 
3896 of the Revised Statutes. 

Section 2. That said section 3893 of the Revised Statutes, be and 
the same is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed April 14, 1908. 

Approved April 15, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(Senate Bill No. 455) 

AN ACT 



To amend section 3897 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended April 25, 1904, 
relating to boards of education. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 3897 of the Revised Statutes be amended 
to read as follows : 



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Sec. 3897. In city school districts, the board of education shall 
consist of not less than three members nor more than seven members 
elected at large by the qualified electors of such city school district, pro- 
vided that in city school districts which at the last preceding federal 
census contained a population of more than 50,000 persons, the board of 
education shall consist of not less than two nor more than seven mem- 
bers elected at large by the qualified electors of such city school district, 
and of not less than two members nor more than twelve members 
elected from subdistricts by the qualified electors of their respective 
subdistricts, and, provided further that whenever the number of mem- 
bers of the board of education in the school districts of cities which at 
the last or any subsequent federal census may have a population of more 
than 50,000 persons is changed under the provisions of this act, then 
such board of education shall consist of not less than three members 
nor more than seven members elected at large by the qualified electors 
of such cit_v school district. 

Not later thap the first day of June next after the passage of this 
act, the board of education of each city school district in which mem- 
bers have heretofore been elected from subdistricts and within three 
months after the official announcement of the result of each federal 
census, the board of education of each city school district shall prescribe 
the boundaries of the subdistricts or shall pass a resolution fixing within 
the limits prescribed by this act, the number of members of said board of 
education to be elected at large, and if any members of said board shall 
have been elected by subdistricts designating the subdistrict members 
to serve temporarily as members at large in accordance with the pro- 
visions of this act. 

Said subdistricts shall be bounded, as far as practicable by corpora- 
tion lines, streets, alleys, avenues, public grounds, canals, water courses, 
ward boundaries, voting precinct boundaries or present school district 
boundaries, and shall be as nearly equal in population as possible and 
shall be composed of adjacent and as compact territory as possible. 

Whenever the number of members of the board of education of any 
city school district shall have been changed in accordance with the pro- 
visions of this act, then the members that have been elected at large 
shall serve the terms for which the}^ have been elected, and if any mem- 
bers have theretofore been elected by subdistricts, and the number 
of members at large shall be increased, the proper number shall be 
chosen by lot from the subdistrict members whose terms first expire 
to serve until the expiration of their terms, and the proper number 
shall be chosen by lot from the subdistrict members whose terms last 
expire to serve until the expiration of their terms. If the board of edu- 
cation consists of an even number of members, one-half- shall be elected 
every alternate odd numbered year for four years, and if of an odd num- 
ber of m.embers then one-half plus one shall be elected in the year 1909, 



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or four or a multiple of four years thereafter, and the remaining number 
in the vear 191 1 or four or a multiple of four years thereafter. At the 
expiration of their respective terms, their successors shall be elected for 
four years. 

Whenever the number of members of any city board of education^ 
in which heretofore any members had been elected by subdistricts, is 
changed in accordance with the provisions herein, then the office of sub- 
district members in such city school district is hereby abolished. 

Subdistricts shall be numbered from one up, consecutively and 
members to be elected to the board of education from subdistricts of odd 
numbers beginning with one shall be elected in the year 191 1, and those 
elected from subdistricts of even numbers shall be elected in the year 
1909, and at the expiration of their respective terms, their successors 
shall be elected for four years. 

If the board of education shall fail to prescribe the boundaries of 
the subdistricts or pass the resolution as provided herein at the time or 
times herein specified, then and in that event the members who have 
been elected at large of such board so failing, shall, subject to the re- 
quirements of this act, forthwith prescribe the boundaries of the sub- 
districts or pass the resolution as herein required at the time or times 
herein specified. Members elected at large must be electors of the city 
school districts and members elected from subdistricts must be electors 
of the city subdistricts from which they are chosen or of the territory 
attached to the subdistrict for school purposes, and a removal from said 
subdistrict territory or city school district shall vacate said office. The 
number of members of the board of education shall not be changed 
except at the times herein provided. 

Section 2. That said section 3897 be and the same is hereby re- 
pealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 9, 1908. 

Approved May 20, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 67^ 
AN ACT 



To amend section 3920 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended April 25, 1904,. 
relating to the organization of township boards of education. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 3920 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be 
amended so as to read as follows : 



8 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

Sec. 3920. Boards of feducation of township scliool districts shall 
•organize on the first Monday in January after the election of the board, 
by the election of one of their members president and the election of a 
<:lerk who may or may not be a member of the board, the president to 
be elected for one year and the clerk to be elected for a term not to 
■exceed two years. They shall fix the time of holding regular meetings. 
Each member of the board, shall receive, as compensation, two dollars, 
for each meeting actually attended for not more than ten meetings in 
any year. The compensation allowed to members of the board shall be 
paid from the contingent fund. 

Section 2. That section 3920 be and the same is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed April 14, 1908. 
Approved April 15, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 723) 
AN ACT 



To amend section 3922 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, in relation to the suspension 
of schools in subdistricts, and conveyance of pupils to other districts. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 3922 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, 
in relation to the suspension of schools in subdistricts, and conveyance 
of pupils to other districts, be amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 3922. The board of education of any township school district 
is authorized to suspend the schools in any or all subdistricts in the 
township district, but upon such suspension the board must provide for 
the conveyance of the pupils residing in such subdistrict or subdistricts 
to a public school in said township district, or to 1 public school in 
another district, the cost of such conveyance to be paid out of the funds 
of the township school district ; or the board may abolish all the sub- 
<iistricts providing conveyance is furnished to one or more central 
schools, the expense of such conveyance to be paid out of the funds of 
the district, but no subdistrict school where the average daily attendance 
is twelve or more, shall be so suspended or abolished under the provisions 
of this section, after a vote has been taken under the provisions of section 
3927-2 of the Revised Statutes, when at said election a majority of the 
votes cast thereon were against the proposition of centralization, or 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 9 

vvhen a petition has been filed thereunder and has not yet been voted 
upon at an election. 

No township schools shall be centralized under inis section by the 
board of education of the township until after sixty days' notice has 
been given by the board, said notices to be posted in a conspicuous place 
in eacn subdistrict of the township. When transportation of pupils is 
provided for, the conveyance must pass within at least the distance of 
one-half of a mile from the respective residence of all pupils, except 
when such residences are situated more than one-half of a mile from 
the public road; but transportation for pupils living less than one and 
one-half miles, by the most direct public highway, from the school house 
shall be optional with the board of education. 

Section 2. That original section 3922 of the Revised Statutes of 
Ohio be and the same is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed April 23, 1908. 
Approved April 24, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 716) 
AN ACT 



To provide transportation of pupils in village school districts with attached 

territory. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. Boards of education in village school districts with 
attached territory are authorized to provide for the conveyance of the 
pupils of said districts to the school or schools of the district, the ex- 
peiise of said conveyance to be paid from the school funds of the village 
district with attached territory. Provided, however, that boards of edu- 
cation of such districts as provide transportation for the pupils thereof,. 
shall not be required to transport pupils living less than one mile from 
the school house or houses, transportation of pupils in any event shall be 
optional with the boards of education. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed April 29, 1908. 
Approved April 29, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



lO OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

(House Bill No. 682) 
AN ACT 

To amend section 3923 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended April 25, 1904, 
abolishing joint subdistricts. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 3923 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be 
amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 3923. Joint subdistricts are hereby abolished and the, territory 
of such districts, situated in the township in which the schoolhouse of 
the joint subdistrict is not located, shall be attached for school purposes 
to the township school district in which said schoolhouse is located, and 
shall constitute a part of said township school district, and the title of all 
school property located in said joint subdistrict, is hereby vested in the 
board of education of, the township to which the territory is attached. 
A map of such attached territory shall be prepared under the direction 
of the board of ed^ication of the township district to which such terri- 
tory is attached and shall be made a part of the records of said board 
and a copy of the same shall be filed with the auditor of the county in 
which said territory is situated, or if the territory be in two or more 
counties, said map shall be filed with the auditor of each county. Pro- 
'vided, further, that when such subdistrict is a part of townships, both of 
which have centralized schools, and no school is maintained in said sub- 
district, then the boundaries of the civil township so situated shall form 
the boundaries of the township school districts, and each township shall 
have entire control of the territory of such subdistrict lying within its 
boundaries. 

Section 2. That said section 3923 be and the same is hereby re- 
pealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed April 14, 1908. 

Approved April 15, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. II 

(House Bill No. 1003) 
AN ACT 

To amend section 3969 of the Revised Statutes relating to the action of the county 
commissioners when a board of education fails to provide proper school 
facilities, and section 3981 of the Revised Statutes with reference to vacancies 
in boards of education and how filled. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That sections 3969 and 3981 of the Revised Statutes 
be amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 3969. If the board of education in any district fail in any 
year to estimate and certify the levy for a contingent fund as required 
by this chapter, or if the amount so certified is deemed insufficient for 
school purposes, or if it fail to provide sufficient school privileges for 
all the youth of school age in the district or to provide for the continu- 
ance of any school in the district for at least thirty-two weeks in the 
year, or to provide for each school an equitable share of school advan- 
tages as required by this title, or to provide suitable school houses for all 
the schools under its control, or to elect a superintendent or teachers, 
or to pay their salaries, or to pay out any other school money needed 
in school administration, or to fill any vacancies in the board within 
the period of thirty days after such vacancies occur, the commissioners 
of the county to which such district belongs, upon being advised and sat- 
isfied thereof, shall do and perform any or all of said duties and acts, in 
as full a manner as the board of education is by this title authorized to do 
and perform the same ; and all salaries and other money so paid by the 
commissioners of the county, shall be paid out of the county treasury 
as other county expenses are paid, but the same shall be a charge 
against the school district for which said money was paid, and the 
amount so paid shall be retained by the county auditor from the proper 
funds due to such school district, at the time of making the semi-annual 
distribution of taxes ; and the members of a board who cause such fail- 
ure shall be each severally liable, in a penalty not to exceed fifty nor 
less than twenty-five dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the 
name of the state upon complaint of any elector of the district, which 
•sum shall be collected by the prosecuting attorney of the county and 
when collected shall be paid into the treasury of the county, for the 
benefit of the school or schools of the district. 

Sec. 3981. Vacancies in any board of education which may be 
■caused by death, non-residence, resignation, removal from office, failure 
of the person elected or appointed to qualify within ten days after the 
organization of the board or of his appointment, removal from the dis- 
trict, or absence from meetings of the board for a period of ninety days, 
provided said absence is caused by reasons declared insufficient by a 



12 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

two-thirds vote of the remaining members of the board, said vote to be 
taken and entered upon the records not less than thirty days after said 
absence ; such vacancies shall be filled by the board of education at its 
next regular o^ special meeting or as soon thereafter as possible for the 
unexpired term. 

A majority vote of all the remaining members of the board can fill 
any vacancy or vacancies that may exist in said board. 

Section 2. That said sections 3969 and 3981 be and the same are 
hereby repealed. 

Freeman T, Eagleson, ' 
Speaker of the House of Representatives^ 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed March 31, 1908. 

Approved March 31, 1908, five o'clock p. m. 
Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 887) 
AN ACT 

To amend section 4007 of the Revised Statutes, relating to elementary schools. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: 

Section i That section 4007 of the Reviser/ Statutes be amended 
so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 4007. Each board of education shall establish a sufficient 
number of elementary schools to provide for the free education of the 
youth of school age within the district under its control, at such places 
as will be most convenient for the attendance of the largest number of 
such youth, and shall continue each and every elementary day school 
so established not less than thirty-two nor more than forty weeks in each- 
school year, and all the elementary schools within the same school district 
shall be continued the same length of time. All boards of education are 
required to prescribe a graded course of study for all schools under 
their control in the branches named in section 4007-1 of the Revised 
Statutes of Ohio, subject to the approval of the state commissioner of 
common schools. Each township board of education shall establish and 
maintain at least one elementary school in each subdistrict under its 
control, unless transportation is furnished to the pupils thereof as pro- 
vided by law. The board of education in any city school district may 
establish and maintain a normal school within its respective district and 
may establish and maintain such summer or vacation schools, school 
gardening and play grounds as in its discretion seems desirable. 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. I3 

Section 2. That said section 4007, be and the same is hereby 
repealed. 

Freeman T.- Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed April 8, 1908. 
Approved April 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 1023) 
AN ACT 



To amend section 1 of an act entitled, "An act to empower township boards of 
education to establish township or joint township high schools, and to dis- 
continue sub-district schools when too small to justify their continuance," 
passed April 25, 1898, as amended April 25, 1904, to provide for joint high 
school districts. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section i of an act entitled, "An act to empower 
township boards of education to establish township or joint township 
high schools, and to discontinue subdistrict schools when too small to 
justify their continuance," passed April 25, 1904, be amended so as to 
read as follows : 

(4009-15) Sec. I. The boards of education of two or more ad- 
joining township school districts, or of a township district and of a 
village or special school district situated partially or wholly within the 
township, or of any two or more of said school districts may, by a 
majority vote of the full membership of each of said boards, unite said 
districts for high school purposes and each board may submit the ques- 
tion of levying a tax on the property in their respective districts, for the 
ptirpose of purchasing a site and erecting a building, and may issue 
bonds, as is provided for in section thirty-nine hundred and ninety-one, 
thirty-nine hundred and ninety-two and thirty-nine hundred and ninety- 
three, of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, but said question of tax levy 
must carry in each district before it shall become operative in either. If 
said boards of education have sufficient money in the treasury to pur- 
chase said site and erect said building, or if there is a suitable building 
in either district owned by the board of education that can be used for a 
high school building it shall not be necessary to submit the proposition 
to a vote, and the boards are authorized to appropriate money from their 
funds for this purpose. Any high school so established shall be under 
the management of a high school committee, consisting of two members 
of each of the boards creating such joint district, elected by a majority 



14 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

vote of said boards, and whose membership of said high school com- 
mittee shall be for the same term as their term on the board which they 
represent. Said high school shall be free to all youth of school age 
within each district, subject to such rules and regulations as may be 
adopted by said high school committee, having control of the school in 
regard to the qualifications in scholarship requisite for admission, such 
rules and regulations to be of uniform operation throughout each dis- 
trict. The funds for the maintenance and support of such high school 
shall be provided by appropriations from the tuition or contingent funds^ 
or both, of each district, in proportion to the total valuation of -property 
in the respective districts, the same to be placed in a separate fund in 
the treasury of the board of education of the district in which the school- 
house is located, and paid out by action of said high school committee 
for the purposes of maintaining said school. 

And all boards of education exercising control for the purposes of 
taxation over any territory within any township or joint township high 
school district, are hereby authorized and empowered, to levy upon all 
the taxable property within said territory, not exceeding five mills on 
one dollar in any one year, in addition to all other levies authorized by 
law, for the support and maintenance of any township or joint township 
high school to which said territory may belong. And all funds derived 
from levies made under this act shall be kept separate, and shall be paid 
out for the support and rnaintenance of the high school for which such 
levy is made. 

Section 2. That said section i as amended is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives^ 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 9, 1908. 

Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 1052) 
AN ACT 



To amend section 5 of an aci: entitled, "An act to provide for supplying the schools 
of Ohio with good and sufficient school books at the lowest possible prices," 
passed April 22, 1896, relative to adoption of text books. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 5 of an act entitled, "An act to provide 
for supplying the schools of Ohio with good and sufficient' school books 
at the lowest possible prices," passed April 22, 1896, be amended so 
as to read as follows : 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS, I5 

(4020-14) Sec. 5. Each board of education shall, at any regular 
meeting, held between the first Monday in February and the first Mon- 
day in August, determine by a majority vote of all members elected the 
studies to be pursued and which of said text-books so filed shall be used 
in the schools under its control, but no text-books now in use or here- 
after adopted shall be changed, nor any part thereof altered or revised, 
nor shall any other text-book be substituted therefor for five years after 
the date of the selection and adoption thereof, as shown by the official 
records of said boards, except by the consent, at any regular meeting, 
of five-sixths of all members elected to the board. Books so substituted 
shall be adopted for the full term of five years. Each board of education 
shall cause it to be ascertained, and at any regular meeting shall deter- 
mine which, and the number of each of said books the schools under its 
charge shall require, and shall cause an order to be drawn for the amount 
in favor of the clerk of the board of education, payable out of the con- 
tingent fund ; and said clerk shall at once order said books so agreed 
upon by the board, of the publisher and the publisher, on the receipt of 
such order shall ship such books to said clerk without delay, and the 
clerk shall forthwith examine such books, and, if found right and in 
accordance with said order, remit the amount to said publisher, and the 
board of education shall pay all charges for the transportation of such 
books, out of the school contingent fund ; but if said boards of education 
can, at any time, secure of the publishers books at a price less than said 
maximum price, it shall be its duty so to do, and may, without unneces- 
sary delay, make effort to secure such lower price before adopting any 
particular text-book. Each board of education shall have power to, and 
shall make all necessary provisions and arrangements to place the books 
so purchased within easy reach of and accessible to all the pupils in 
their district, and for that purpose may make such contracts, and take 
such security as they may deem necessary, for the custody, care and 
sale of such books and accounting for the proceeds ; but not to exceed 
ten per cent, of the cost price shall be paid therefor, and said books shall 
be sold to the pupils of school age in the district, at the price paid the 
publisher, and not to exceed ten per cent, therefor added, and the pro- 
ceeds of such sale shall be paid into the contingent fund of such district, 
and whoever receives said books from the board of education for sale as 
aforesaid to the pupils, and fails to account honestly and fully for the 
same, or for the proceeds to the board of education when required, 
shall be guilty of embezzlement and punished accordingly. Provided, 
however, boards of education may contract with local retail dealers to 
furnish said books at prices above specified, the said board being still 
responsible to the publishers for all books purchased by the said board 
of education. And when pupils remove from any district, and have 
text-books of the kind adopted in such district and not being of the kind 
adopted in the district to which they remove, and wish to dispose of the 



l6 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

same, the board of the district from which they remove, when requested, 
shall purchase the same at the fair value thereof, and resell the same as 
other books ; and nothing in this act shall prevent the board of education 
from furnishing- free books to pupils as provided by law. That for the 
purpose of .carrying into effect the foregoing provisions of this act, and 
paying the expenses incident thereto, there be and is hereby appro- 
priated out of any money in the state treasury, to the credit of the gen- 
eral revenue fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred 
dollars, to be disbursed and paid on the allowance and order of said 
commissioner. Provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for any 
superintendent, supervisor or principal, employed by any board of edu- 
cation in the state, to act as a sales agent, either directly or indirectly, 
for any person, firm or corporation whose school text-books are filed 
with the state commissioner of common schools, for use in the public 
schools of the state, as provided by law ; any violation of this provision 
shall work a forfeiture of their certificate to teach in the public schools 
of the state of Ohio. 

Section 2. Tnat said original section 5 be and the same is hereby 
repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 9, 1908. " 

Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 1172) 
AN ACT 



To amend section 4022-9 of the Revised Statutes providing relief to enable children 

to attend school. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That section 4022-9 of the Revised Statutes be 
amended to read as follows : 

Sec. 4022-9. When any truant officer is satisfied that any child, 
compelled to attend school by the provisions of this act, is unable to 
attend school because absolutely required to work at home or elsewhere 
in order to support itself or help to support or care for others legally 
entitled to its services who are unable to support or care for themselves, 
the truant ofificer shall report the case to the president of the board of 
education, and it shall be the duty of said president of the board of edu- 
cation to furnish text-books free of charge, and such other relief as may 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 17 

".be necessary to enable the child to attend school for the time each year 
required under this act ; the expenses incident to furnishing said books 
-and relief to be paid from the contingent funds of the school district. 
Such child shall not be considered or declared a pauper by reason of the 
.acceptance of the relief herein provided for. In case the child, or its 
parents, or guardian, refuse or neglect to take advantage of the provi- 
sions thus made for its instruction, such child may be committed to a 
■children's home or a juvenile reformatory, as provided for in section 
4022-8 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. 

Section 2. That section 4022-9 of the Revised Statutes as 
-amended May 12, 1902, is hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect 
.and be in force on and after July i, 1908. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed May 9, 1908. 
Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 
AN ACT 



To amend section 4030 of the Revised Statutes, relating to yearly enumeration of 

school youth. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly o\f the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That section 4030 of the Revised Statutes be amended 
•so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 4030. There shall be taken in each district, annually, during 
the two weeks ending on the fourth Saturday of May, an enumeration of 
all unmarried youth, noting sex, between six and twenty-one years of age, 
-resident within the district, and not temporarily there, designating also the 
number between six and eight years of age, the number between eight 
and fourteen years of age. the number between fourteen and sixteen 
years of age, the number between sixteen and twenty-one years of age, 
and the number residing in the Western Reserve, the Virginia Military 
'district, the United States Military district, and in any original surveyed 
township or fractional township to which belongs section 16, or other land 
in lieu thereof, or any other lands for the use of public schools, or any 
interest in the proceeds of such lands. When taking the enumeration 
provided for in this section, the person appointed to take such enumer- 
ation, shall make every effort to ascertain as near as possible the number 
.of imbeciles or feeble-minded children between the ages of six and twenty- 



1 8 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

one, fesident within the district, and shall keep an accurate list of the 
names, sex, age and place of residence of all such children, and shall 
make said list a part of his report to the clerk of the board of education. 
And there shall also be so taken an accurate enumeration of all 
physically disabled, blind or deaf or mute children, noting sex between 
six and twenty-one years of age, resident within the district. 

Section 2. That sai'd section 4030 of the Revised Statutes be and 
the same is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives^ 
James M.' Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed April 8, 1908. 
Approved April 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(Senate Bill No. 415) 
AN ACT 



To amend section 4075 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio relative to compensation, 
of county school examiners. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly df the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That section 4075 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be 
amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 4075. Each member of the county board of school examiners 
shall be entitled to receive ten dollars for each examination of fifty ap- 
plicants or less, fourteen dollars for each examination of more than fifty 
applicants and less than one hundred, eighteen dollars for each examina- 
tion of one hundred applicants and less than one hundred and fifty, twen- 
ty-two dollars for each examination of one hundred and fifty applicants 
and less than two hundred, and four dollars for each additional fifty ap- 
plicants, or fraction thereof, to be paid out of the county treasury on the 
order of the county auditor ; all books, blanks and stationery required by 
the board shall be furnished by the county auditor; the board may con- 
tract for the use of suitable rooms in which to conduct the examination, 
for the printing of examination questions, may procure fuel and light, and' 
employ janitors, to take charge of the rooms and keep them in order, and 
the expenses so incurred, together with the cost of advertising required 
by section forty hundred and seventy-one, shall be paid out of the county 
treasury on orders of the county auditor, who^ shall issue such orders upon 
the certificate of the president of the board, countersigned by the clerk. 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 19} 

Section 2. Said section 4075 be and the same is hereby repealed- 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives.. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed April 30, 1908. 
Approved April 30, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 892) 
AN ACT 



To amend section 4091 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, relating to the compensa- 
tion of teachers while attending county institutes. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly df the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That section 4091 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio be- 
amended so as to^ read as follows : 

Sec. 4091. All teachers and superintendents of the public schools 
within any county in which a county institute is held while the schools - 
are in session may dismiss their schools for one week for the purpose- 
of attending such institute and the boards of education of all school dis- 
tricts are required to pay the teachers and superintendents of their re- 
spective districts their regular salary for the week they attend the institute 
upon the teachers or superintendents presenting certificates of full reg- 
ular daily attendance at said institute signed by the president and sec- 
retary thereof; and when said institute is held when the public schools 
are not in session, said teachers or superintendents shall be paid two- 
dollars a day for actual daily attendance, as certified by the president 
and secretary of said institute, for not less than four nor more than 
six days of actual attendance, the same to be paid as an addition to the 
first month's salary after said institute by the board of education by 
which said teacher or superintendent is then employed, or in case he or 
she is unemployed at the time of the institute, then by the board next 
employing said teacher or superintendent, provided the term of said em- 
ployment begins within three months after said institute closes. 

Section 2. That said original section 4091 of the Revised Statutes^ 
be and the same is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the Hoiise of Representatives.^ 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 9, 1908. 

Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



J20 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

(House Bill No. 830) 

AX ACT 

To supplement section 4042 of the Revised Statutes, authorizing boards of education 
of districts having depositories for school nione3-s to dispense with a treasurer 
of such funds. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly af the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That section 404-2 of the Revised Statutes be supple- 
ment-ed as follows: 

Sec. 4042a. When a depositor}^ has been provided for tiie school 
moneys of any district as authorized by section 3968 of the Reyised 
.Statutes of Ohio, the board of education of such district may, by resolu- 
tion duly adopted by the vote of a majority of its members, dispense with 
.a treasurer of the school moneys belonging to such school district ; and 
in such district the clerk of the board of education thereof shall per- 
form all the services, and discharge all the duties and be subject to all 
the obligations that are required of the treasurer of such school district 
by the Statutes ot Ohio. \\'henever such treasurer is dispensed with 
-as herein provided, then all the duties and obligations required by the 
Statutes of Ohio of the county auditor, county treasurer, or other officer 
or person, relating to the school moneys of such district, shall be com- 
plied with by dealing with the clerk of the board of education of such 
•district. Such clerk before entering upon such duties, shall give an addi- 
tional bond equal in amount and in the same manner as is prescribed by 
law for the treasurer of such school district. 

In any such district, should the depository for any reason cease to 
act as custodian of the school moneys, then such money shall be placed 
in the custody of the treasurer of the city, village or township in which 
such school district is located, or of the special school district ; upon such 
treasurer, as treasurer ex-officio of such school funds, or such treasurer 
of such special school district, giving bond as required by law to the 
approval of the board of education such moneys to be held and dis- 
laursed by said treasurer in all respects as now provided by law until 
such time as another depository is provided for such school moneys, 
when the same shall be by said treasurer placed in such depository, and 
the duties and obligations of such treasurer relating to said moneys shall 
then cease. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed April 27, 1908. 

Approved April 27, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 21 

(House Bill Xo. 933) 

AX ACT 

To amend section 402.9-2 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the compensation o£ 
the clerk of the board of count>- school examiners. , 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio; 

Section i. That section 4029-2 of the Revised Statutes be amended 
SO as to read as follows : 

Sec. 4029-2. The compensation of county examiners shall be the- 
same as that fixed in section 4075 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio for 
the examination of teachers, and the compensation of the clerk of said 
board of county examiners shall be the same as that fixed in section 4070 
of the Revised Statutes of Ohio for the examination of teachers ; and. 
each member of the said board of examiners, together with the clerk 
of said board, shall be allov/ed the minimAim fee provided for holding 
examinations for teachers as remuneration for his services incident to the 
county Boxwell commencement, and such compensation and the neces- 
sary expenses incident to the examination and county commencement 
shall be paid out of the county treasury as provided in said section 4075 
and 4070; no extra compensation shall be allowed to county examiners- 
for holding the count}- commencement. The expenses incident to the 
tov»"n5hip commencement shall be paid by the township board of educa- 
tion from the contingent fund of the township district, and when the 
pupils of special districts take part in such commencements the boards of 
education of such districts shall pay, from their contingent funds, to the 
township board of education their share of such expenses, such share 
to be based on the proportion of pupils, from each district, taking part 
in such commencements ; a proportional share of pupils from joint subdis- 
tricts, taking part in such commencements, shall be paid from the con- 
tingent fund of said joint subdistricts. 

Sectiox 2. That section 4029-2 of the Revised Statutes be and the- 
same is hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives-^ 
James ]M. Williams, 

President of the SenaJe. 

Passed April 14, 1908. 

Approved April 15, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris^ Governor. 



^22 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

(Senate Bill No. 453) 
AN ACT 

'To amend sections 4073 and 4081 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, to provide for 
the granting and revocation of teachers' certificates, age limit and hearing on 
revocation of certificates in counties, and in city school districts. 

■Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That section 4073 of the Revised Statutes relative to 
-county teachers' certificates be amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 4073. County boards of school examiners may grant teachers' 
certificates for one, two, three, five and eight years from the day of ex- 
amination ; and said certificates shall be valid in all village, township, and 
-special school districts of the county wherein they are issued; but in all 
school districts situated in two or more counties, teachers' certificates 
^obtained in either county shall be valid in such districts. All teachers' 
certificates granted for one, two or three years shalLbe regarded as pro- 
-visional certificates,/^ and shall be issued and renewed only in compliance 
with such reasonable regulations and standards and upon such ratios as 
"the board may adopt But when any teacher holds a two year or three 
year certificate and lias for the last five years preceding been continuously 
engaged in teaching in the state of Ohio, such teacher shall be entitled 
to have such certificate renewed by passing an examination in theory and 
practice. All certificates granted for five years, or eight years, shall 
Tdc regarded as professional certificates and shall be renevN^ed without 
examination at the discretion of the examining board, provided that no 
such certificate shall be renewable if the holder thereof has not been 
actively engaged in teaching within the four years preceding. Such pro- 
fessional certificate shall be valid in any county in the state. County 
iDoards of school examiners may at their discretion issue certificates with- 
out formal examinations to holders of certificates granted by other county 
and city boards of school examiners. 

Each county board of school examiners may make its own regula- 
tions to grant certificates without formal examinations, except in theory 
and practice of teaching and in the science of education, to graduates of 
-schools for the training of teachers, providing at least a two-years' course 
of study in addition to graduation from a first grade high school, and 
of colleges or universities, providing at least a four years' course of study 
in addition to graduation from a first grade high school, as may be ap- 
proved by them. Certificates thus granted to such graduates may be is- 
'sued, on application within one year after graduation, first for one year ; 
and at their expiration, on satisfactory evidence of success in teaching, 
■certificates for longer terms may be issued. 

Between regular examinations, county boards of school examiners 
may, at their discretion, issue temporary certificates, which shall be valid 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 23 

only until the next regular examination held by said boards after the 
issue of said certificates. 

No certificate shall be issued to any person who is less than eighteen 
years of age; and if at any time the recipient of a certificate be found 
intemperate, immoral, incompetent or negligent, the examiners, or any 
two of them, may revoke the certificate ; but such revocation shall not 
prevent a teacher from receiving pay for services previously rendered ; 
but before any hearing is had by a board of examiners on the question of 
the revocation of a teacher's certificate, the charges against the teacher 
shall be reduced to writing and placed upon the records of the board ; 
and the teacher shall be notified in writing as to the nature of the charges 
and the time set for the hearing, such notice to be served personally or 
•at his residence ; and the teacher shall be entitled to produce witnesses 
and defend himself ; the examining board shall have power to send for 
Tvatnesses and examine them on oath or affirmation touching the matter 
under investigation, and said oath or affirmation may be administered 
by any member of the board of examiners. The fees and the per diem of 
examiners for conducting such investigation, at three dollars a day each, 
and other expenses of such trial shall be certified to the county auditor 
"by the clerk and president of the examining board, and be paid out 
of the county treasury upon the order of the auditor. 

Section 2. That section 4081 of the Revised Statutes relative to 
teachers' certificates in cities be amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 4081. Each city board of school examiners may grant teachers' 
certificates for one, two, three, five and eight years, from the day of ex- 
amination ; and said certificates shall be valid within the district wherein 
they are issued. All teachers" certificates granted for one, two or three 
years shall be regarded as provisional certificates and shall be issued and 
renewed only in compliance with such reasonable regulations and stand- 
ards and upon such ratios as the board may adopt. 

But when any teacher holds a two or three year certificate and has 
for the last five years preceding been continuously engaged in teaching 
in the state of Ohio such teacher shall be entitled to have such certificate 
renewed by passing an examination in theory and practice. All certificates 
granted for five years, or eight years, shall be regarded as professional 
certificates and shall be renewed without examination at the discretion 
of the examining board, provided that no such certificate shall be re- 
newable if the holder has not been actively engaged in teaching within 
the four years preceding. Such professional certificate shall be valid in 
any city in the state. City boards of school examiners at their discretion 
may issue certificates without formal examinations to holders of certificates 
granted by other city and county boards of school examiners. 

Each city board of school examiners may make its own regulations 
to grant certificates without formal examinations, except in theory and 
practice of teaching and in the science of education, to graduates of 



24 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

schools for the training of teachers, providing at least a two-years'' 
course of study in addition to graduation from a first grade high school 
and of colleges or universities, providing at least a four-years' course of 
study in addition to graduation from a first grade high school, as may 
be approved by them. Certificates thus granted to such graduates may be 
issued, on application within one year after graduation, first for one year ;. 
and at their expiration, on satisfactory evidence of success in teaching,, 
certificates for longer terms may be issued. 

Between regular examinations, city boards of school examiners may, 
at their discretion, issue temporary certificates, which shall be valid only 
until the next regular examination held by said board after the issue of 
said certificates. 

No certificates shall be issued to any person who is less than eighteen- 
years of age; and if at any time the recipient of a certificate be found 
intemperate, immoral, incompetent, or negligent, the examiners, or any 
two of them, may revoke the certificate, but such revocation shall not 
prevent a teacher from receiving pay for services previously rendered, 
but before any hearing is had by a board of examiners on the question 
of the revocation of a teacher's certificate, the charges r.gainst the teacher 
shall be reduced to writing and placed upon the records of the board, and 
the teacher shall be' notified in writing as to the nature of the charges 
and the time and place set for the hearing. Such notice shall be served 
either personally or at the residence of the teacher whose certificate it 
is proposed to revoke and the teacher shall be entitled to produce wit- 
nesses and defend himself ; the examining board shall have power tO' 
send for witnesses and examine them on oath touching the matter under 
investigation, and said oath or affirmation may be administered by any 
member of the board of examiners. The fees and the per diem of ex- 
aminers for conducting such investigation, at three dollars a day each, 
and other expenses of such Jtrial shall be certified to the city auditor 
by the clerk and president of the examining board, and be paid out of 
the city treasury upon the order of the city auditor. 

Section 3. That said sections 4073 and 4081 of the Revised Statutes 
be and the same are hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed May 9, 1908. 

Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 2^ 

(House Bill No. 1120) 
AN ACT 

To abolish fraternities, sororities and other like societies among the pupils of the 
public schools of the state of Ohio. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly d\f the State of Ohio: 

Section i. It shall be milawful for any pupil of the public schools 
of the state of Ohio in any manner to organize, join or belong to any 
fraternity or sorority or other like societies composed or made up of 
pupils of the public schools. 

Section 2. It shall be the duty of every teacher, principal or super- 
intendent having knowledge or reason to believe that such fraternity, 
sorority or like society is being organized or maintained in any of the 
schools of the state, or that any of the pupils attending said schools are 
organizing or belonging to such fraternity, sorority or like society to 
advise immediately the president or secretary of the board of education 
in charge of such schools of such facts. Upon receipt of such notice, it 
shall be the duty of such board of education within thirty days after the 
receipt thereof, and after not less than ten days' written notice to the 
persons charged with violating this act, or to their parents or guardians, 
to investigate the charges therein contained, and if such board of educa- 
tion find the same to be correct and true, it shall be the duty of the sec- 
retary of such board tO' notify immediately, in writing, any and all pupils 
organizing, joining or belonging to such fraternity, sorority or like society 
to disband and discontinue the same and to withdraw therefrom within 
five days from the receipt of said notice. 

And if within such time any pupil guilty of organizing, joining 
or belonging to any such fraternity, sorority or like society shall fail to 
obey said notice, said pupil shall have violated the rules of the school and 
be immediately suspended from the public schools of this state by the 
superintendent or principal in charge of the same in cities or districts 
having such superintendent or principal, or by the clerk of the board of 
education in villages, special and township districts not having such 
superintendent or principal, until such pupil shall comply with the order 
of the board. 

Section 3. Any officer, teacher, principal, superintendent or other 
persons mentioned in this act, neglecting to perform any duty imposed 
upon him by this act, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than 
ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each 
offense. 



26 OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 

Section 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and'. 
after the first day of July, 1908. 

Joseph D. Chaaiberlain, 
Speaker pro tern, of the House of Representatives.. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed April 30, 1908.- 
Approved April 30, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(Senate Bill No. 305) 
AN ACT 



To provide for the expenses of the members of boards of education in school; 
districts of the state of Ohio. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That a service fund for members of the board of educa- 
tion of any city sphool district be authorized and that it be operated 
as follows : 

Upon the passage of this act and upon the third Monday of every 
January thereafter tfie clerk of the board of education shall certify to 
the board of education of which he is clerk, the number of pupils enrolled 
in the public schools of that district, whereupon the board of said city 
school district may by resolution set aside from the contingent fund a 
sum not to exceed five cents for each child so enrolled, said sum of 
money to be known as the "service fund" to be used only in paying the 
expenses of said members actually incurred in the performance of their 
duties ; such payments to be made only on statement of the several- 
members furnished at the last meeting held in each month. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives.. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed May 9, 1908. 
Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 794) 
AN ACT 



To amend section 14 of an act passed May 15, 1894, entitled, "An act relating to* 
the conduct of elections to pay the expense of elections." 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: 

Section i. That section 14 of an act passed May 15, 1894, entitled 
"An act relating to the conduct of elections" be amended so as to read 
as follows : 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. . 27" 

Sec. 14. All expenses arising for printing and distributing ballots,.. 
cards of explanation to officers of the election and voters, blanks, and 
all other proper and necessary expenses of any general or special election, 
including compensation of precinct election officers, shall be paid out of 
the county treasury as other county expenses. 

In November elections held in odd numbered years, such compensa- 
tion and expenses shall be a charge against the township, city, village or 
political division in which such election was held, and the amount so paid 
by the county shall be retained by the county auditor from the funds due 
to such township, city, village or political division, at the time of making 
the semi-annual distribution of taxes ; the county commissioners, town- 
ship trustees, councils, boards of education, or other authorities authorized 
to levy taxes, shall make the necessary levy to meet such expenses, which 
levy may be in addition to other levies authorized or recjuired by law ; 
the amount of all such expenses shall be ascertained and apportioned by 
the deputy state supervisors to the several political divisions and certified 
to the county auditor. In the case of municipalities situated in two or 
more counties, the proportion of expense charged to each of the counties 
shall be ascertained and apportioned by the clerk of the corporation, and 
certified by him to the several county auditors. 

Section 2. That section 14 of an act passed May 15th, 1894, en- 
titled, "An act relating to the conduct of elections" be and the same is 
hereby repealed. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives^ 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed April 8, 1908. 

Approved April 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 1166) 
AN ACT 

To protect the lives of school children by an adequate compulsory fire drill. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in 
charge of every public or private school or educational institution within 
the state, having an average daily attendance of fifty or more pupils, to 
instruct and train the pupils by means of drills, so that they may in sudden 
emergency be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible 
time and without confusion or panic. Such drills or rapid- dismissals 
shall be held at least once for each month when said schools are in session: 
and all doors of exit shall be kept unlocked during school hours. 



:28 0:110 SCHOOL LAWS. 

That every teacher or instructor in every public, private or parochial 
-school shall devote not less than thirty minutes in each month during 
■which the school is in session, to instruction of pupils between the ages 
of six and fourteen years, in fire dangers. 

For the purpose of such instruction it shall be the duty of the state 
fire marsbal to prepare a book conveniently arranged in chapters, or 
lessons, such chapters or lessons to be in number sufficient to provide 
a different chapter or lesson for each week of the maximum school year, 
one of such lessons to be read by the teachers in such schools each week. 
The books shall be published at the expense of the state under the direc- 
tion of the state school commissioner and shall be distributed in quantities 
sufficient to provide a copy for each teacher required by the provisions 
'of this act to give the instruction herein provided for ; the distribution 
to be made by the state school commissioner. 

Section 2. Willful neglect by any principal or other person in 
charge of any public or private school or educational institution to comply 
with the provision of this act, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable, each 
•offense, by a fine of''not more than twenty nor less than five dollars. 

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the members of school boards, 
•school directors, trustees, or other body of persons having control of the 
'.schools of any township, town or city, to cause a copy of this act to be 
printed in the manual or handbook prepared for the guidance of teachers, 
where such manual is in use or may hereafter come in use. 

Section 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to colleges and 
'.universities. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed April 28, 1908. 

Approved April 28, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Goz'ernor. 



(House Bill No. 1225) 
AN ACT 



To enlarge the powers of tlie chief inspector of workshops and factories in the 
matter of public scliools and other buildings, and to increase the number of 
district inspectors. 

.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. In addition to the powers now vested in the chief in- 
.spector of workshops and factories it shall be his further duty to cause 
"his district inspectors to inspect all schoolhouses, colleges, opera houses, 



OHIO SCHOOL LAWS. 29: 

halls, theaters, churches, infirmaries, children's homes, hospitals, medical, 
institutes, asylums and other buildings used for the assemblage or better- 
ment of people in any municipal corporation, township or county in the 
state of Ohio with special regard to the precautions Laken for the pre- 
vention of fires, and the provision of fire escapes, exits, emergency exits,, 
hallways, air space, and all other matters which relate to the health and. 
safety of those occupying or assembling in such structures. 

Section 2. The district inspectors shall file with the chief mspect- 
or of workshops and factories a written report of every inspection made- 
of any of the aforesaid structures, stating the condition in which such 
building was found, and, if it is found that necessary precautions for 
the prevention of fire or other disaster have not been taken, nor means- 
provided for the safe and speedy egress of the persons who might be 
assembled therein, said report shall specify such appliances, additions 
or alterations as are necessary to provide such precautions and protec- 
tion, and it shall then be the duty of the chief inspector of workshops- 
and factories to notify in writing the owner or person having control of 
such structure of the apphances, additions or alterations necessary to be- 
added to or made in such structure. 

Section 3. A copy of said notice shall be mailed to the mayor of 
the municipality, if such structure is located therein, and if not, then to 
the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein it is located, and it shall" 
be the duty of the mayor of the municipality, with the aid of the police, 
or the prosecuting attorney, with the aid of the sheriff, upon receiving 
such notification, to prohibit the use of said structure for the assemblage ' 
of people until the appliances, additions or alterations required by said' 
notice have been added to or made in such structure. 

Section 4. Upon receiving said notice it shall be the duty of the 
owner or person in control of such structure to comply with each and 
every detail embodied therein, and it shall be his further duty, upon the 
completion of every such detail, to report the tact in writing to the chief 
inspector of workshops and factories and the mayor of the municipality,, 
or the prosecuting attorney of the county, as the case may be. 

Section 5. The plans for every such structure aforesaid which, 
may be hereafter erected in the state of Ohio, and the plans for any alter- 
ations in or additions to any such structure aforesaid that is now erected,, 
shall be approved by the chief inspector of workshops and factories, 
except that in municipalities having regularly organized building inspec- 
tion departments the plans shall be approved by said municipal depart- 
ments. 

Section 6. Any architect, builder or other person who shall alter 
the approved plans, or fail to construct or alter the building in accord- 
ance with said approved plans without the consent of the department 
that approved them shall be deemed guilty of a criminal offense, and, 
upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred" 



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dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or 
imprisoned in the county jail no less than thirty days nor more than one 
jyear, or both, such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. 

Section 7. For the purpose of carrying out this provision of th'^s 
act the chief inspector of workshops and factories shall, with the ap- 
proval of the governor, appoint one assistant chief inspector who shall 
be a competent and practical architect, and whose duty it shall be to 
examine carefully the plans and specifications of such buildings, altera- 
tions and additions, and perform such other duties as ihe chief inspector 
may direct. The salary of said assistant chief inspector shall be two 
thousand five hundred dollars a year, which salary and all necessary 
traveling expenses incurred by said inspector in the discharge of his 
^ofiticial duties shall be paid out of the treasury of the state on the war- 
rant of the auditor from any fund therein not otherwise appropriated. 

Section 8. For the purpose of carrying out this act the chief in- 
-spector of workshops and factories is authorized to appoint, with the 
-approval of the governor, ten additional district inspectors who shall be 
-competent and prag-tical mechanics with a knowledge of building con- 
struction, and who shall receive the same compensation, be clothed with 
the same powers, and whose terms of office shall be ihe same as is now 
provided by law for the district inspectors of workshops and factories. 

Section 9. Any person, firm, board or corporation, being the 
-owner or in control of any building mentioned in this act, who shall use 
-or permit the use of such building, in violation of anv order prohibiting 
its use, issued in accordance with this act, or who shall fail to comply 
with fhe requirements of any order so issued relating to the change, 
improvement or repair of such building, shall be fined not less than ten, 
:nor more than one hundred dollars, and each day that such use or failure 
.shall continue, shall constitute a separate offense. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 

Passed April 28, 1908. 

Approved April 28, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 1274) 
AN ACT 



'To au'Jicrize school boards to levy tax to support universities and colleges located 

in village school districts. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That the school board of any village school district in 
^which is located a university or college, organized under the laws of 



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the state of Ohio as an institution of learning not for profit, and under 
the management of a board of trustees, may levy a tax not exceeding 
two mills annually, in addition to all tax authorized by law for all other 
purposes, upon all taxable property within such village district for the 
support of such university or college. 

Sfxtion 2. Provided, that in the event such levy is made by such 
board of education, all holders of a high school diploma obtained from 
such \illage district high school shall have the right to attend such 
university or college for the period of two years, free of tuition. 

Section 3. The funds arising from such tax levy shall be turned 
over to the board of trustees of such university or college by the county 
treasurer to be expended by them in the conduct of such university or 
college and for no other purpose. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed May 9, 1908. 
Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



(House Bill No. 1302) 
AN ACT 

To make appropriations for the support of the common schools of the state. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio : 

Section i. That there be, and is hereby appropriated, from any 
moneys raised or coming into the state treasury for the support of the 
common schools and not otherwise appropriated, the sum of forty-five 
thousand dollars ($45,000.00), to assist in the maintenance of weak 
school districts, which shall be distributed by the auditor of state, in 
accordance with the provisions of the act passed April 2, 1906. 

Freeman T. Eagleson, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
James M. Williams, 

President of the Senate. 
Passed May 9, 1908. 
Approved May 9, 1908. 

Andrew L. Harris, Governor. 



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